Cocktail hour under the tree of forgetfulness
Title:
Cocktail hour under the tree of forgetfulness
Author:
Fuller, Alexandra, 1969-
ISBN:
9785594202995
9781594202995
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Press, 2011.
Physical Description:
238 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Contents:
pt. 1. Nicola Fuller of Central Africa learns to fly -- Nicola Huntingford is born -- Nicola and the fancy dress parties -- Roger Huntingford's war -- Nicola Huntingford learns to ride -- Nicola Fuller of Central Africa goes to her high school reunion --Nicola Huntingford, the Afrikaner, and the perfect horse -- Nicola Huntingford and the Mau Mau -- pt. 2. Tim Fuller of no fixed abode -- Nicola Fuller and the perfect house -- Nicola Fuller in Rhodesia: Round one -- Nicola Fuller in England -- Nicola Fuller in Rhodesia: Round two -- Olivia -- Nicola Fuller and the end of Rhodesia -- pt. 3. Nicola Fuller of Central Africa and the tree of forgetfulness -- Nicola Fuller of Central Africa at home.
Abstract:
Traces the stories of the author's parents' respective childhoods in Kenya and England, recounts her own upbringing in Africa, and offers insight into the impact of their beliefs and the waning of the British empire on her parents' marriage.
